<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ascender: The Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ascendergame.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Ascender The Game]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/author/ascenderthegame/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[DEVLOG#25 &#8211; Mustang&nbsp;It!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sorry for that title. Hi! The name&#8217;s Peridot and I&#8217;m part of the Art team here, nice to meet you all. Today is my first time writing here, more like first time ever writing something like this, so I&#8217;m going to try my best. Today&#8217;s topic&#8217;s about the new district: Mustang (Duh!), especially the art part (or that&#8217;s as far as I can go).</p>
<p>First of all, happy D-1 valentine&#8217;s day! I&#8217;ve never celebrated it, but I do understand that there&#8217;re several ways to celebrate this day all over the world (Fun fact: I just read the Wikipedia, LOL). Based on that, thank you for following us up until now and on behalf of the team I&#8217;d say, we really love you and here&#8217;s a poem for you:</p>
<p>&#8220;The rose is red, the violet&#8217;s blue,</p>
<p>The honey&#8217;s sweet, and so are you.<br />
Thou art my love and I am thine;<br />
I drew thee to my Valentine:<br />
The lot was cast and then I drew,</p>
<p>And Fortune said it shou&#8217;d be you.&#8221;</p>
<p>-Gammer Gurton&#8217;s Garland (1784)<br />
(Yes, I&#8217;m a lazy person)</p>
<p>Back onto business, before I start explaining, I want to refresh your memory regarding Ascender. This is the <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/imagining-ascender/" target="_blank">concept world </a>of Ascender, written by the art director Amber. Also, Ruby, our scriptwriter told you about the districts exist in Goa, <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/districts-in-goa/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Now that your Ascender&#8217;s memories have returned and you have basic info of Mustang, let&#8217;s talk for real. As written by Ruby, Mustang&#8217;s the source of food for the citizens of Goa. If you&#8217;ve played our alpha game (which can be found <a href="http://www.indiedb.com/games/ascender/downloads" target="_blank">here</a>), you&#8217;re playing the district&#8217;s below Mustang called Dolopo. You could see that Dolopo has a lot of brown colors with all those metal-thingamabobs whereas Mustang has a lot of greens, due to, yes, you guessed it right: its farm fields among other things.</p>
<div class="tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized" data-original-width="500" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:98634279,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/ascendergame.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/13\/mustang-it\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:98634279}' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageGallery" > <div class="gallery-row" style="width: 500px; height: 109px;" data-original-width="500" data-original-height="109" > <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 306px; height: 109px;" data-original-width="306" data-original-height="109" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-2/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="302"> <meta itemprop="height" content="105"> <img data-attachment-id="815" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-2.png" data-orig-size="7113,2474" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-2.png?w=1024" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-2.png?w=302&#038;h=105" width="302" height="105" data-original-width="302" data-original-height="105" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Gambar 2" alt="Mustang Focus Ground" style="width: 302px; height: 105px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Mustang Focus Ground </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 194px; height: 109px;" data-original-width="194" data-original-height="109" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-1-2/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="190"> <meta itemprop="height" content="105"> <img data-attachment-id="823" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-11.png" data-orig-size="8994,4971" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-11.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-11.png?w=1024" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-11.png?w=190&#038;h=105" width="190" height="105" data-original-width="190" data-original-height="105" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Gambar 1" alt="Dolopo Focus Ground" style="width: 190px; height: 105px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Dolopo Focus Ground </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> </div>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Can you spot the differences?</p>
<p>There aren&#8217;t a lot of buildings here (compared to Dolopo of course), because the farms are the main feature in Mustang. Its farm fields based on an agriculture technique called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_(agriculture)" target="_blank">&#8216;terracing&#8217;</a>. I helped with the drawing on the farm fields behind the focus ground using traditional watercolors with a little digital polishing (We do have technology). Oh yeah, to be able to make the crops grow properly until harvest time, they used an artificial sunlight. Well, I don&#8217;t know what to explain anymore about the Mustang situation, so here are more sneak peek of Mustang.</p>
<div class="tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized" data-original-width="500" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:98634279,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/ascendergame.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/13\/mustang-it\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:98634279}' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageGallery" > <div class="gallery-row" style="width: 500px; height: 242px;" data-original-width="500" data-original-height="242" > <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 340px; height: 242px;" data-original-width="340" data-original-height="242" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-3-1/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="336"> <meta itemprop="height" content="238"> <img data-attachment-id="818" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3-1.png" data-orig-size="3622,2563" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 3-1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3-1.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3-1.png?w=1024" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3-1.png?w=336&#038;h=238" width="336" height="238" data-original-width="336" data-original-height="238" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Gambar 3-1" alt="More Mustang PIc" style="width: 336px; height: 238px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> More Mustang PIc </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 160px; height: 242px;" data-original-width="160" data-original-height="242" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-3/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="156"> <meta itemprop="height" content="238"> <img data-attachment-id="820" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3.png" data-orig-size="3262,4959" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 3" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3.png?w=197" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3.png?w=674" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-3.png?w=156&#038;h=238" width="156" height="238" data-original-width="156" data-original-height="238" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Gambar 3" alt="More and More Mustang" style="width: 156px; height: 238px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> More and More Mustang </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> <div class="gallery-row" style="width: 500px; height: 334px;" data-original-width="500" data-original-height="334" > <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 500px; height: 334px;" data-original-width="500" data-original-height="334" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-4/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="496"> <meta itemprop="height" content="330"> <img data-attachment-id="819" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-4.jpg" data-orig-size="4256,2832" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1298291706&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 4" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-4.jpg?w=1024" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-4.jpg?w=496&#038;h=330" width="496" height="330" data-original-width="496" data-original-height="330" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Gambar 4" alt="Terrace Rice Field in Indonesia" style="width: 496px; height: 330px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Terrace Rice Field in Indonesia </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> </div>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk about the animals that live in Mustang. Now as stated before, Mustang&#8217;s the place for food for the citizens of Goa which mean a lot of animals live here, heck you can find most animal species in Goa here! For example Tonaba, it&#8217;s a (not)precious microscopic creature that helps fertilizing soils here. Also there&#8217;re Garsels which help with transportation individually. Mass transportation handled by Millithropode et cetera et cetera&#8230; I don&#8217;t want to give out too much spoiler, let the others do it for me LOL. Anyway, below are sneak peek concept of the creatures I mentioned before:</p>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_826" style="width: 302px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-826" data-attachment-id="826" data-permalink="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-6/" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png" data-orig-size="292,260" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 6" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Tonaba&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png?w=292" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png?w=292" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-826" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png?w=292&#038;h=260" alt="Gambar 6" width="292" height="260" srcset="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png 292w, https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-6.png?w=150&amp;h=134 150w" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px" /><p id="caption-attachment-826" class="wp-caption-text">Tonaba</p></div>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_827" style="width: 429px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-827" data-attachment-id="827" data-permalink="https://ascendergame.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/mustang-it/gambar-5/" data-orig-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png" data-orig-size="419,247" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Gambar 5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Garsel&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png?w=419" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-827" src="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png?w=419&#038;h=247" alt="Gambar 5" width="419" height="247" srcset="https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png 419w, https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png?w=150&amp;h=88 150w, https://ascendergame.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/gambar-5.png?w=300&amp;h=177 300w" sizes="(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px" /><p id="caption-attachment-827" class="wp-caption-text">Garsel</p></div>
<p>That&#8217;s it for today! Stay updated, and if you haven&#8217;t tried our game, do try it and tell us what you think! Any feedbacks are really appreciated. We are trying our best! Thanks~</p>
<p>Last, but not least, again thank you very much, see you again and have a wonderful day!</p>
<p>Signing off,</p>
<p>Peridot</p>
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